IFNG and autoimmune thyroid disease: However, the most recent study conducted by Huang et al. on immunological changes within the follicles of women with autoimmune thyroiditis demonstrated a chemokine inflammatory cascade in an environment surrounding the maturing oocyte, namely, the increased levels of IFNγ-dependent chemokines: CXCL9, CXCL10, CXCL11 [15].